A Cantor's Tale with Hazzan Jacob Bem-Zion Mendelson
In the film "A Cantor's Tale", released in 2006, filmmaker Erik Greenberg Anjou explores the
Golden Age of Chazzanut" in a soulful meditation on the cantors and songs that were popular. As a child, future performer, teacher, and Cantors Assembly president, Jacob Ben-Zion Mendelson marveled at the singers who frequently performed at his local Brooklyn synagogue. Join "Cantor Jack" as he takes you on a tour of his childhood haunts in Borough Park and other people and places who influenced his illustrious cantorial career. he has also passed on his art to legions of cantorial students at Hebrew Union College and the Jewish Theological Seminary.